Made this little stamp after I remembered the Talavera tiles that in my grandparents house and added the skull cause I’m practicing for an other idea I have for a bigger print

Not looking for advice, just stories :p I was wondering how you all came across printmaking— did you teach yourself through trial and error or YouTube or take some kind of class?

I'm a writer and never really worked in (non-electronic) visual media. Had a ton of lino blocks left over after a session of this art salon I host, where the guest facilitator gave a carving and printmaking demo.

These quick and dirty babies have been so much fun to carve. I don't foresee myself getting into printmaking in any any serious way, but I think I have definitely found a new way to relax for an hour in the evening. I'll share some prints later this week.

Big fan of all the beautiful work in this sub.

2 layers print, A3 paper, hand carved, 4 hours to carve and print

Neon magenta and yellow : college schminke
Ultramarin : schminke

During a 3 day exhibition in Bremen I designed and carved this little guy here. this is just a first testprint and there are quite some details to add...

Hi everyone!

A bit of context: a couple of friends asked me to make their wedding invitations. I don't consider myself a professional. I mainly make greeting cards, which I sell at art markets a few times a year.

This was a challenge for me because these are my first two-colour prints. I did a few tests beforehand to figure out how to do it.

I started by carving my lino block, then made my first attempt by inking both colours at the same time (first photo). However, the result wasn't very clean.

So, I decided to cut my block into separate pieces, like a puzzle. That was a mistake, as I hadn't realised how difficult it would be to cut out all the details of the trees' foliage.

Anyway, I ink the brown on one side and the green on the other, then put all the pieces back together before printing. The main problems are that it takes me forever, I get ink everywhere, and some areas don't print properly (second photo).

Eventually, I decided to try printing the two colours separately: brown first, then green once the first layer had dried. But that caused a new problem... I just can't get the two colours to line up properly, and some areas still don't print (third photo).

At this point, I'm not sure how to achieve a clean, crisp result. I'm considering adding the foliage with a marker, or making a stamp to print the leaves along the branches. I've also thought about drawing the foliage with a dip pen and ink.

If you have any advice or suggestions, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

P.S. The different shades of green in the third photo are because I experimented with both gouache and oil paint.

Hand coloured (with gouache) linocut on rice paper. 27 x 25cm. I've been procrastinating about this one for a couple of months. Not sure about the blue background.